Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that his penchant for insulting others stems from a desire to heal his own wounds.
“When I’m wounded, I go after people hard and I try to unwound myself,” Trump said in a much-anticipated interview with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly that aired Tuesday night on Fox.
The Fox News anchor was the subject of Trump’s vitriol for nearly 10 months after she confronted the billionaire about his treatment of women during the first GOP primary debate last summer. On more than one occasion, Trump retweeted Twitter users who called Kelly a “bimbo” and encouraged his supporters to boycott Fox News.
“She is sick and the most overrated person on TV,” the New York real estate mogul said in a statement released by his campaign in March.
On Tuesday, Trump said he was raised to “fight back” and doesn’t have many regrets about his feud with Kelly or the insults he’s hurled at others.
“To look back and say, ‘Gee, I wish I didn’t do that’ – I don’t think that’s good. I don’t even think in a certain way that’s healthy,” he told Kelly.
Trump also suggested that every negative comments he’s made about one of his Republican opponents or a member of the media was “in response to something they did.”
“I view myself as a person and like everybody else, I’m fighting for survival,” he said.
